Networking and Security

Networking and Security group

ICSI in Network World

“Exploring Cybercriminal Minds, Safeguarding Privacy Among $50M Worth of New NSF Research Projects"
September 27, 2012  |  Bob Brown, Network World

The National Science Foundation (NSF) this week awarded $50 million for more than 70 research projects focused on securing cyberspace in the United States. The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace awards are aimed at protecting critical infrastructure from cyberthreats. "Securing cyberspace is key to America's global economic competitiveness and prosperity," said NSF Director Subra Suresh, in a statement. "NSF's investment in the fundamental research of cybersecurity is core to national security and economic vitality that embraces efficiency while also maintaining privacy."

ICSI in The Daily Californian

“Cybercrime Project Receives $10 Million from NSF"
September 28, 2012  |  Caroline Murphy, The Daily Californian

A project conducted by researchers from the UC Berkeley-affiliated International Computer Science Institute, UC San Diego and George Mason University has received a $10 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study social and economic issues connected to cybercrime. While much of cyber-security research focuses on the technological side of attacks, Beyond Technical Security: Developing an Empirical Basis for Socio-Economic Perspectives will take an interdisciplinary look into cybercriminals — how they work with each other, the marketplaces that they work in and the profit they gain.

ICSI in U.S. News University Connection

“Colleges Receive $10 Million Grant to Study Cyber Crime”
September 28, 2012  |  Catherine Groux, U.S. News University Connection

Last year, the federal Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 300,000 reports of cyber crime, as it watched Americans lose about $485.3 million to such attacks in 2011 alone. These figures show the rise of cyber crime throughout the nation and underline the need for the U.S. to find ways to prevent it.

ICSI in New Scientist

“To Beat Spam, Turn Its Own Weapons Against It”
January 25, 2010  |  Jim GIles, New Scientist

Spammers' own trickery has been used to develop an "effectively perfect" method for blocking the most common kind of spam, a team of computer scientists claims. Most of the billions of spam messages sent each day originate in networks of compromised computers, called botnets. Unbeknown to their owners, the machines quietly run malicious software in the background that pumps out spam.

ICSI in The Chronicle of Higher Education

“Researchers Develop a More Accurate Spam Filter"
January 27, 2010 | Jill Laster, The Chronicle of Higher Education

California researchers have developed a system they believe could stop the most common kind of spam from reaching people’s in boxes. Most spam e-mail messages are transmitted using a few infected computers that use a template-based system. The new system works by analyzing the small changes in messages that spammers make to slip past spam filters, according to the team from the University of California at San Diego and the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, Calif.

ICSI in BBC News

“Why Spam Filters Read Obscene for Clean"
March 29, 2010 | Jude Sheerin, BBC News

After 90 years, one of Canada's oldest magazines, The Beaver, is changing its name. Its publishers say it was only natural that a Canadian history journal should have been named in honour of the industrious dam-building creature which is the country's national emblem. But in recent times the magazine's attempts to reach a new online audience kept falling foul of spam filters...

ICSI in The New York Times

“What Is Nicira Up To?"
October 17, 2011 | Quentin Hardy, Bits Blog, The New York Times

With $40 million in funding, an all-star bench of investors and engineers, and technology that has already drawn spies, Nicira is an unusually visible company in the supposedly secretive “stealth” stage of its early life.

ICSI in New Scientist

“Internet Responsible for 2 per Cent of Global Energy Usage"
October 26, 2011 | Jim Giles, New Scientist

How much energy does the internet use? It's hard to know where to start. There's the electricity consumed by the world's laptops, desktops and smart phones. Servers, routers and other networking equipment suck up more power.

ICSI in Geekosystem

"The Internet is Responsible for 2% of the Entire World’s Energy Usage”
October 27, 2011 | Eric Limer, Geekosystem

When you’re trying to figure out statistics about something as nebulous and pervasive as “the Internet,” you’re going to have to performs some interesting mental contortions. After all, how many things out there are connected to the Internet? How many of those things would you consider to be actively “using” it, how much power is there in the world? All valid and difficult questions, valid and difficult questions that Justin Ma and Barath Raghavan, of UC Berkeley and the International Computer Science Institute respectively, were determined to tackle.

ICSI in The Daily Californian

"Internet Accounts for Almost 2 Percent of the World’s Total Energy Consumption"
October 30, 2011  |  Paras Shah, The Daily Californian

UC Berkeley researchers have estimated that it takes between 1 and 2 percent of the world’s energy to construct, run and maintain the Internet. According to the research, which will be presented Nov. 14 at the Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks in Cambridge, Mass., the Internet uses between 170 and 307 gigawatts — about 1.1 to 1.9 percent of the 16 terrawatts of energy consumed by humanity.

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